Researcher to Innovator (R2I)
The Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme offers an introduction to commercialisation and aims to strengthen the entrepreneurial mindset of Early Career Researchers, develop their innovative thinking, as well as enhance their understanding of the commercialisation process.
The R2I programme comprises of a series of interactive and informative, personal and professional development sessions and introduces planning tools for those with ideas that may have the potential to be taken forward.
The goal of the programme is to help you:
- Understand Impact;
- Define Impact;
- Create Impact;
- Deliver Impact.
The programme is about 'personal development and preparing for a journey' by:
- Providing…knowledge that leads to understanding (things like 'Business Model Canvas' and perhaps ultimately…business plans);
- with activities to develop…your… skills and capabilities…(listening that leads to selling and networking);
- which modify your…beliefs and attitudes…(self-efficacy and resilience);
- then finally…establish…your entrepreneurial identity…(The Entrepreneur).
Dates for the 2024/25 programme:
Cohort 1:
- Information Sessions: 16th and 17th October 2024 Register Now
- Programme: 14th November 2024 – 19th February 2025
Cohort 2:
- Information Sessions: March 2025
- Programme: April 2025 – June 2025
The MEC Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme is supported by the University’s Innovation Academy. The Innovation Academy is a pan University initiative and joint venture between the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre, the University of Manchester Innovation Factory and the Business Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Team bringing together knowledge, expertise and routes to facilitate the commercialisation of research.
